"Lone Survivor." The trio behind the film, from left: Director Peter Berg, star Mark Wahlberg, and former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell. The film is based on Luttrell's best-seller. Wahlberg plays him in the intense drama about a mission in Afghanistan in 2005. (AP)

Hey, Movie Mavens, I have some good choices for your weekend theater-going. Four new films are opening here. Also on the movie horizon: The Golden Globe Awards are this Sunday night at 8 p.m. with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and the Oscar nominations will be announced Thursday morning.

If you like your movies weird yet touching, strange yet insightful, you’ll enjoy Spike Jonze’s “Her” with Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson (or at least her voice). Phoenix plays a man who falls in love with his operating system in a semi-futuristic L.A. Here’s my review.

Also worth checking out, and a complete 180 from “Her,” is Peter Berg’s “Lone Survivor.” Based on the true story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, this intense drama works as an elegy for the fallen and a hyper action movie. It is truly gripping. Mark Wahlberg stars. My review.

Our friend Stephen Whitty reviews “August: Osage County,” and says that while it’s not a great film, it does have its moments with the always impressive Meryl Streep. Tracy Letts wrote the script, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Here’s the review.

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